Brush.



No. 720,847. l PATENTED PEB. 17, 190s.

- J. R. SANPQRD.

BRUSH.

APPLIGATIGN FILED-JUNE 23. 1900.

N0 MODEL.

Witwe/neo l l l r C wz @SW 045W/ www UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH R. SANFORD, OF VVINSTED, CONNECTICUT.

BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters .raient No. 720,847, dated Febmary17, 1.903.

Application filed June 23, 1900.

o all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH R. SANFORD, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, resid-- ing and having my post-oflice address in Winsted, inthe county of Litchfield, State of Connecticut, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Brushes, of which the fol-Y lowing is adescription, reference being` had to the accompanying drawings, wherein-Figure l is a general View of a brush embodying said improvement. Fig.-2 is a View I of the device shown in Fig. l in central crossseetion onthe plane denoted by dottedlinew.

The object of the improvement is the production of a brush havingcertain features of novelty and advantage.

A brush embodying this improvement may be of divers patterns and weightsand specically applicable to different uses.

In the drawings, t denotes what maybe called the brush-back.

b denotes the hollow teats carried by the brush-back and integraltherewith.

c denotes wings extending from either side of the brush-back integraltherewith and preferably in the same plane. The brush-back and the Wingsare formed from a single integral piece of liexible material, preferablyindia-rubber or a compound thereof, and molded into shape. These wingsare intended to be folded back over the brush and united to form a loop,through which the hand may be inserted to more eifectually grasp thebrush when in use. It is very essential that the brush shall be exiblein order to adapt itself to the shape of the users hand and to readilyaccommodate itself to any inequalities of surfaces on which it is used.It is also essential that the wings which form the handle shall not beelasticin the sense that they will stretch, for if they were whenfthebrush is in use the body of the brush would not readily follow themovement of the hand. It is also essential that these wings orhandlestraps should be strengthened, particularly Serial No. 21,377. (Nomodel.)

at the point where they join the back. In order to meet these essentialrequirements, I have incorporated in the brush-back a textile fabric CZ,which extends without break into the wings. This fabric preferably hasselvage ed ges,which considerably increase its strength. By thisconstruction I am enabled to produce a rubber brush of the classspecified which is thoroughly practical and which is light and strongand durable.

I claim as my inventionl. As a new article of manufacture, a onepiecebrush embodying a brush -lback constructed of elastic material andprovided with integral hollow teats, wings formed of elastic materialintegral with each side of the back, with the upper faces lof said wingson a plane with the upper face of the back, said wings adapted to befolded over the back and over-y lapping one another and connectedtogether to form a handle, and a strip of flexible Inaterial molded inthe said back and wings and forming an integral part thereof to preservethe elasticity while preventing the stretching of said back and wings.

2. In combination in a brush, a brush-back, Wings formed integral withthe brush-back and extending from the sides thereof with the upper facesin substantially the same plane as the upper face of the brush-back,said brush-back and Wings molded in one piece from flexible elasticmaterial, said wings adapted to be folded over the back overlapping eachother and connected together to form a handle, and a layer of exiblenonelastic material molded in the brush-back and wings whereby the brushis elastic inthe sense that it tends to return to its normal positionbut is non-elastic in the sense that it will not stretch.

JOSEPH R. SANFORD.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. DOUGHTY, JAMES L. DEAN.

